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A selection of journalism from around the web.
Why we need to start recycling EV batteries
Antarctica could cross a scary threshold in just 40 years
FTS blasts companies for making devices hard to repair
Biden wants to cut U.S. climate pollution in half--here's how
Tech employees want their bosses to lobby for climate action
Big winter storms could be fueled by Arctic sea ice loss
Coastal communities face sinking land and rising seas
Apple finally admits its products are difficult to repair
Same force behind Texas deep freeze could drive heat waves
New way to measure Antarctic snowfall
Why France's new 'repairability index' is a big deal
How data centers could help power the grid
Today's wind turbine blades could become tomorrow's bridges
Want to fix your own Tesla? Massachusetts just made it easier.
Could Bolivia become the lithium capital of the world?
Apple's new iPhone is far from green
Greenland is losing ice faster than it has in 12,000 years
How to keep everyone cool without cooking Earth
Earth is setting heat records but it will be much hotter one day
We need to talk about solar e-waste
A giant wetland in Argentina is burning out of control
Arctic fires released more carbon than Scandinavia will this year
The world's largest tropical wetland is on fire
Siberia's fires triggered a sea ice meltdown
To fight climate change, we need to upgrade the internet
A busy Atlantic hurricane season could mean more Amazon fires
A heat wave thawed Siberia's tundra. Now it's on fire.
Behind the hype of 'million mile' batteries
Australia's fires blew smoke 19 miles into the sky
New bill would prohibit the president from nuking a hurricane
Should we mine the deep sea to save the planet?
Microsoft's Climate Goal Forgets About Its Oil Contracts
Desperate Nintendo Switch Owners Are Learning Repair
Underwater Landslides Pose Hidden Threat to Oil Infrastructure
New Tool to Forecast Devastating Locust Outbreaks
Used Tech and DIY Repair Are Booming Amidst Pandemic
Are Perovskites the Future of Solar?
Powerful Power Vortex Assists Troubled Arctic Expedition
Is Online Grocery Shopping Better For the Planet?
How NOAA Is Collecting Key Climate Data During a Pandemic
Great Barrier Reef Suffers Record Bleaching
Coronavirus Causes Carbon Emissions to Plummet
Coronavirus Is Wreaking Havoc on Scientific Field Work
Scientists Are Stuck on an Ice-Locked Ship Due to Coronavirus
Coronavirus Pumps Brakes on the EV Revolution
China's Pollution Levels Are Plunging Due to Coronavirus
How to Fight Coronavirus With Math
The Great Barrier Reef Is Headed For Unprecedented Bleaching
New Bill to Boost Lithium Battery Recycling
Data Centers' Climate Impact May Be Overblown
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Ban Mining on Public Lands—With One Exception
The US Could Run Out of Metals That Are Crucial to Tech
What Can Jeff Bezos Do For the Planet With $10 Billion?
The Antarctic Peninsula Is Setting Heat Records
The Climate Science Behind East Africa's Plague of Locusts
NASA Finds Organic Molecules on Ancient Space Object
This Company Wants to Turn Your Broken Phone Into Jewelry
A Huge Iceberg Just Broke Off Pine Island Glacier
How Scientists Are Listening to Tornadoes
Microsoft Sponsors Oil Conference the Day It Makes Climate Pledge
Australia's Ancient Forests Are Burning
TV Meteorologists Are Talking Climate Solutions
NASA 'snow hunters' to fly into storms to improve forecasts
How Australia's Bushfires Are Fueling Climate Change
Australia's Bushfires Are an Ecological Catastrophe
This decade, climate change got way too real
Out-of-this-world sunshine might be melting Everest's ice
Alaska Native speak out in new Arctic climate report
Mysterious craters in the seafloor were likely formed by garbage
Mysterious tectonic fault zone found off California
Heliogen wants to make steel and solar power with cement
Arctic clouds could be formed by bacteria
Baby fish are riddled with 'prey-sized' plastic
Today's electric car batteries are tomorrow's e-waste crisis
Scientists are using sophisticated radar to peer into wildfires
Decades of detailed weather reports pulled from old sailors' logs
The Forest Service Is About to Light a Giant Forest Fire—On Purpose
How Antarctica Is Melting From Above and Below
Want to know what climate change feels like? Ask an Alaskan.
How much is a whale worth?
Something strange is happening to Greenland's ice
Scientists are transforming soil to withstand earthquakes
The climate solution Democrats aren't talking about
Hurricane Dorian could threaten Kennedy Space Center
Beyond nukes: how scientists dream of killing hurricanes
Here's how we solve the planet's food waste problem
New plastic pollution formed by fire looks like rocks
NASA made a rare flight through a wildfire thundercloud
Old sailor logs show how fast sea ice is melting
To better grasp nuclear winter, scientists study wildfire cloud
The bizarre weather science behind Greenland's record melting
Arctic wildfires are releasing as much carbon as Belgium
Arctic ice is crashing, and that's bad news for everyone
How elephants may help Africa's rainforests fight climate change
West coast residents seriously underestimate the threat of a catastrophic earthquake
Alaska's wildfire season is exploding, spreading smoke across the state
The world's second-largest rainforest is losing its ancient carbon
Scientists find dozens of lakes buried far below Greenland's ice
Airplane contrails have surprising effect on the atmosphere
The gateway to the Arctic's oldest sea ice has collapsed months ahead of schedule
Researchers discover giant freshwater aquifer off U.S. east coast
Study warns we could melt the entire Greenland ice sheet if we don't change course
Seals with sensors help solve the mystery of Antarctica's giant sea ice hole
Turns out, meal kits might not suck for the planet
The dirty truth about green batteries
America's government scientists are eyeing a future in politics
Scientists just melted a hole through 3,500 feet of ice to reach a mysterious Antarctic lake
Key data for NASA's ice-monitoring satellite in trouble thanks to shutdown
Kilauea's recent eruption was its biggest in two centuries, scientists confirm
How Hawaii's volcano could help us find life on Saturn's moon
Glacier named after prominent geologist renamed following sexual harassment scandal
That viral elephant poaching story has gotten a lot more complicated
California's viral fire tornado has scientists searching for answers
Why is Florida's red tide outbreak so bad right now?
Scientists fight volcano myths as Kilauea erupts